In the calendar below references to "L" refer to the lesson number and subsection in the required text, Japanese: the Spoken Language, Part 1, by Eleanor H. Jorden with Mari Noda, Yale University Press, 1987.
    | WEEK # | TOPICS | KEY DATES | 
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 |  1   | Orientation Course Introduction |    |  |  2   | Course Introduction Language Lab Tour L.1A | L.1A Vocabulary Quiz   |  |  3   | Hiragana Introduction L.1B | L.1B Vocabulary Quiz Hiragana Quiz #1 Lesson Quiz 1 |  |  4 | L.2A |    |  |  5 | L.2A, L.2B Katakana Introduction | Hiragana Quiz #2 L.2B Vocab Quiz Katakana Quiz #1 |  |  6 | L.3A | Lesson Quiz 2 L.3A Vocabulary Quiz |  |  7 | L.3A, L.3B | L.3B Vocabulary Quiz |  |  8 | L.3B L.4A | Katakana Quiz #2 Lesson Quiz 3 Oral Interview #1 L.4A Vocabulary Quiz |  |  9 | L.4A Kanji Introduction L.4B L.4 Kanji Introduction | Lesson 3 Kanji Quiz L.4B Vocabulary Quiz |  |  10 | L.4B L.5A L.4 Reading | L.4 Lesson Quiz Lesson Quiz 4 L.5A Vocabulary Quiz |  |  11 | L.5A, L.5B L.5 Kanji Introduction | Lesson 4 Kanji Quiz L.5B Vocabulary Quiz
  |  |  12 | L.5B | Vocabulary Quiz |  |  13 | L.6A | Interview Test |  |  14 | L.6A L.5 Reading L.6B | Exam No vocabulary quiz.
  |  |  15 | L.6B L.6 Reading Review |    |  |  16 |     | Final Exam |  
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